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Phetchabun hospital partially closes

Phetchabun hospital partially closes

Only emergency cases being accepted as 27 staff now have Covid

Bung Sam Phan Hospital, a public hospital in Bung Sam Phan district of Phetchabun, is partially closed until Sept 9 after the number of staff infected with Covid-19 rose to 27. (Photo: Sunthorn Kongvarakhom)

PHETCHABUN: A public hospital in Bung Sam Phan district has announced it is accepting only emergency cases until Sept 9 after the number of staff infected with Covid-19 rose to 27.

Chaiwat Thongmai, chief of the Phetchabun public health office, said on Saturday that most of the infected personnel were frontline nurses. Twelve of the 27 have almost completed their 14-day quarantine. Most of them showed no symptoms.

Fifteen more medical staff later tested…

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